Today Microsoft and Kojima unveiled Metal Gear Solid : Rising for the 360 staring an even more messed up looking Raiden. Though it wasn't exactly detailed enough to draw a lot of speculation it is safe to assume that it is a multi-platform title at the moment considering both the current state of the video game market and Hideo's own personal favortism of PlayStation. It was also said it will feature new gameplay. Though specifics were not mentioned it is easy to see a Raiden based MGS game will be more akin to action games like Devil May Cry due to his sword wielding ninja badassness now.

Now this announcement comes as a bit of a surprise as most MGS fans with common sense and the 360 fans who won't shut up that the announcement was not a port of last years MGS4 as everyone had assumed was coming from Kojima and Microsoft at this E3.

So just out of curiousity what is everyone's reaction to this? Are the 360 owners who cared satisfied with "a" MGS game and the confirmation of future MGS titles being made multi-platform, or are some people still sore about MGS4 for 360 not being the big announcement?

Without any gameplay video...or even cutscene video...I can't say much about this. It exists. I'm eager to learn more.

It's like the Xbox losing Halo essentially.  Well actually, maybe more Gears.  Final Fantasy is more like Halo imo.

Do people still hate on Raiden? I was bummed out that snake wasnt in Sons of liberty but i didnt hate Raiden either

I own both 360 and PS3. I am also a huge MGS fan. I see this announcement as a great thing because not only does it mean a continuation of the franchise but it adds a little diversity to the audience. I think this was inevitable, the fact the 360 gets something a little different to add to there experience is just another bonus.

Console exclusivety is a thing of that past, I think we are going to see more and more Timed Exclusive's rather than have a blanket of games on one console only. With the way of the economy, companies just want to have the best chance of making some money!

@Pissedoffthewitch:I didnt like that they completely left out Snake in Sons of Liberty, but can't say I ever hated on Raiden. Looki0ng forward to what new angle he brings in to the story and how his game plays out in the story of Guns.

I think anybody who believes this game is any form of an “exclusive” is in for a reality check, before I continue:

http://kotaku.com/5274844/metal-gear-solid-rising-destined-for-xbox-360-ps3-pc

It’s a fair bet to say that when it’s all said and done, Metal Gear Solid 4 sold a hefty 5+ million units – according to Konami and Sony, it had sold 4.5 million up until the end of last year, and with the ensuing wave of Greatest Hits, Platinum Collection, ect. It should pass 5 million units – on one console.

Even if you don’t want to believe that, you can notice the lack of Microsoft’s favourite, and I mean favourite  word, “exclusive”, as in not exclusive to the console, not timed exclusive, no exclusive content, no exclusive DLC, NOTHING about this game is exclusive.

To not sound like a raging Sony fanboy, this was a good move on the part of Kojima and Konami. Not only does game have perhaps the potential to maybe reach 10 million overall units spanning the three platforms, with obviously the PS3 and 360 carrying the bulk, but the Kojima-san makes great games and everyone should have the chance to play them.

I swear, I hate that word, “exclusive”, might as well call it, another way to piss of gamers.

I'm seriously annoyed, not because it's multiplatform, I don't care about that, but the fact we wait through a tonne of count down timers, and for what?
Something that wasn't really a secret, his next announcement better be better than this. He's basically given us another teaser.

True.

When they announced Metal Gear Solid 4 they had that huge trailer for us to gawk at until we finally got another sampling of it. Though, tomorrow is the Sony press conference, and they still have theirs (Konami), so the possibility for us to see gameplay and maybe a tad bit of the story, is still high.

I wasn't surprised, because I called exactly this awhile back- A new MGS game that would be on the Xbox, but not a port of MGS4.

Although Kojima standing among all of that Microsoft Green still sent a shiver down my spine (and I kept a close eye on him, looking for the inevidible sniper dot-sight.) I'll probably check this game out when it comes out, but I'm not being pesimistic. It could be great, but it's pure fan servace.

I really hope they have metal detectors at the Sony conference tommorow, becasue some pissed off Sony fanboy IS going to try to kill Kojima.

Guys.  Konami has a conference themselves.  I'm sure they want to show gameplay there.  It'd be smarter to show the game there rather than in a place where you are surrounded by other potentially AAA games (COD, 2 halos, alan wake, conviction, final fantasy, etc.)

I'd say the lack of excitement has partly to do with the uncertainty about whether this is THE next Metal Gear Solid game or just a spinoff.  If this is Kojima's version of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks for MGS, then it's a real downer.

This game coming to PS3 as well as 360. So I got nothing to worry about.

I'm kind of bummed about this - I have a PS2, and have played MGS, MGS2, and MGS3 over and over and over - I fucking LOVE the franchise. The only thing missing in my life is to get my hands on MGS4 which is tough cause I don't have a PS3, and I don't see myself grabbing one any time soon.

I really wanted to get a MGS game that played to the strengths of the series, with the improved gameplay that the 4th one had.

While I have, of course, no actual information about what the game will actually be like, I just don't want this to turn into Metal Gear Solid: Devil May Cry Bayonetta Cyborg Chronicles